PT-2020-2857 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1212

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in an OLE Automation component, which improperly handles memory. This could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system by exploiting the vulnerability with a specially crafted application. To exploit this, an attacker would first need to gain execution on the victim system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03011

CVE-2020-1212

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03011 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1212 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1212 · Security Note